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Question: During the past 4 weeks how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
Choices: "Never" "Rarely" "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Data: % of "Sometimes" "Often" "Very often"
Period:
Area:
7 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom28.8%
2 Australia27.7%
3 United States24.4%
4 Japan22.6%
5 Germany22.5%
6 Sweden18.6%
7 France 16.3%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 3 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 0.020340 X +6.747
Correlation coefficient (r)0.002
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = 91167.227126 X +31582.562
Correlation coefficient (r)0.285
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.081

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -14.018495 X +84.808
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.236
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.056

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -1.140652 X +1.876
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.313
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.098

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data7
Regression equation
Y = -11.399514 X +13.359
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.196
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.038